Supplies - Sending an army that will not starve ?

[Agema]

We could assume that the effort required to produce enough energy to fly is a lot more than to walk, so they need to eat more.

[sector24]

Fatties.

[Yrkoon]

How about having the light caelians troops (armor of studded leather or less) use one supply, and having the heavier caelians (cuirass, hauberk... )use the current 2 supplies. All the archers and the light infantry would then use one supply.

That would make sense : leather armor is easy to fly with because it has a small weight, flying around with a bulky armor is tough work, so heavy troops need to eat plenty.

[Micah]

I think just about anything that would encourage the use of actual Caelians as opposed to hordes of mammoths would be a good thing for theme ;-)

[Tharsonius]

Micah said:
I think just about anything that would encourage the use of actual Caelians as opposed to hordes of mammoths would be a good thing for theme ;-)

like giving the mammoths gluttony?

[Sombre]

The current supply model doesn't really make sense anyway, which is part of the justification for changing things to fit better gameplay.

Mammoths require 5 supplies, Caelians require 2. So three Caelians need more supplies than a mammoth? Caelins need the supplies of two humans, or a knight? Big eaters those Caelians, considering they're lighter and weaker than humans.

And I know people will say "But supplies don't just mean food, they mean all kinds of logistical requirements!" Ok then, explain why creatures that need not eat don't need any supplies, regardless of size.

It's fun to hear thematic arguments though because it's always possible to argue anything either way.

[Yrkoon]

Talking about changing things to fit better gameplay, how about giving the Caelians some form of missile protection. Considering that the wings are made of feathers, an arrow in the wings should not cause damage, right ?

So a caelian is size 3, a human size 2 --> the wings of caelian make up 33% of the caelian, and the body 66%. Would something like "Airshield 30%" or "Airshield 20%" make sense ?

It would protect to some measure against missile, but not at all against AoE spells. It seems sensible to me. What are your views ?